Sega has officially announced the rumoured Puyo Puyo eSports title, giving the popular puzzle brand a specialised edition designed for use in competitive matches and events.Puyo Puyo eSports will contain rules from Puyo Puyo 2 and Puyo Puyo...

Nintendo fans who purchase a 12-month subscription to the new Nintendo Online service will receive a couple of new items for their squid kids and Octolings to sport in Switch shooter Splatoon 2.Anyone who signs on the dotted line for the ne...

Crawling through the long grass, a bead of sweat trickles down my temple. Sweat, or blood? It's hard to tell the difference on an island such as this one. I'd bought my ticket to ride and now I was on the journey, stamped "paid in full" on ...

Nintendo has dropped the topics for the next two splatfests, which are currently preparing for battle in online Switch shooter Splatoon 2. The next team-based brawl has two different topics, dependent on your territory.Japan has once again ...

It's Blackout beta weekend for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and that means lots of new players have begun dipping their toes into the game's promising battle royale mode. PS4 players have had access, but the beta just went live this morning f...

Yesterday, during Nintendo's latest Direct presentation, we got to see a hip music video announce the upcoming arrival of Version 4.0 to colourful Switch shooter Splatoon 2. Since the announcement new details have been revealed on the offic...

We got a new bit of news about the upcoming port of Luigi's Mansion for Nintendo 3DS during today's Nintendo Direct. The spooky ghost-bustin' title will feature a new two-player co-op mode! Player one steps into the shoes of the taller Mar...

[Update: As part of today's Nintendo Direct presentation, we got to see the trailer for this exciting new port. You can check it out at the foot of the article. Amazing how the epic title is being scaled down for Nintendo's baby.]The award-...

Nintendo isn't done with Mario Tennis Aces yet (but are you?). Along with future yet-to-be-detailed content updates coming later this year, we're getting the Version 2 Update on September 19. I'm most interested in a new Co-Op Challenge mo...

Today sees another '90s SNK title return to enhance the video game history of a whole new generation, as Aggressors of Dark Kombat launches on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Shuffling into arcades and on the home Neo Geo platform in 1994...

Bandai Namco Japan has released a lengthy trailer detailing some of the many modes coming to their one-on-one fighting sequel Soulcalibur VI, currently sharpening its sword for release next month.In the four-minute video, we get to see clip...

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Destructoid. Its two-month mission: To give away free games. To seek out new free games from different genres. To boldly give out more games than any gaming website has done before! So gra...

1930s co-op shooter Strange Brigade is now out there in the wilderness, stealing through tombs and treasures the world over. To keep the adventures fresh, developer Rebellion has a trove of free and paid DLC content planned for the game's f...

In an unsurprising move, the trailer for the next Soulcalibur VI character has been leaked online. Cervantes, who first appeared as a moveset in a previous video, then showed up at a tournament when the wrong build was used, has now had his...

We're in that part of the Battlefield cycle where EA and DICE are in a giving mood. Just as the open beta for Battlefield V comes to a close, it's now time to turn our attention back to Battlefield 1. You can currently nab the game for $4.9...

For me, there's just no beating New Map Day in Overwatch. New heroes are nice and all, but it rapidly becomes a race to pick the fresh face first in Quick Play or an all-out mess of duplicate characters in Arcade (which admittedly has its o...

The news has been coming in thicc and fast since the initial reveal of Koei Tecmo's one-on-one fighter Dead or Alive 6. This week, ahead of the Tokyo Game Show 2018, we received both a new trailer and a release date for the fast-paced punch...

Survival games aren't usually my thing. They require a vast amount of dedication and engagement, with menial tasks that I'm not typically looking for when escaping to a digital world. SCUM, however, caught my eye with just how over the top ...

SNK has released a trailer announcing a brand new entry in the Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) fighting game series. The new trailer showcases many of the series' popular characters, such as Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Galford and the ho...

Sony Japan has dropped a new trailer for Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive 6, currently on the burner for release on multiple platforms. The new trailer not only features some returning characters, but also gives us a release date of February 15, ...

Retro game fans Hamster has once again pulled out an SNK blast from the past for re-release on modern platforms. This week saw the release of Ninja Commando, now available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Released in the Global Hypercol...

SNK's roster of fighters have always been a stylish bunch. From Fatal Fury to King of Fighters and even Samurai Shodown, SNK's guys 'n' gals have always thrown down, and looked damn good doing it. This came to a head in the KoF games circa ...

I love the forest. And the woods. In fact, I'm huge on going out to a very remote spot near where I live and plopping down in the middle of the wilderness, a good 30 minutes away (at least) from any type of reception on my cell phone. It's ...

Crossover ventures are always a pretty good idea from a marketing standpoint. By combining the popular characters of a variety of brands, you chance the opportunity to pull together fans from multiple franchises, all vying to see their favo...

Nintendo has had its ups and downs with indie developers, but the Switch seems to be doing things right. The versatile console has become a lot of people's indie machine of choice, and most games released on the system seem to be performing...